Word: setbacks
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...will now have to go through the entire easement petition process again, a setback which will further delay the commencement of construction on the center until at least Commencement...
...Taliban may not yet be beaten, but they've suffered a serious setback that will substantially change the strategic equation in Afghanistan. The fall of Mazar appeared to signal a collapse of the Taliban's hold on northern Afghanistan, with Alliance troops quickly capturing two important towns to the north and east, and more importantly, almost immediately opening up a land corridor from the Uzbek border. That would allow massive shipments of humanitarian aid to be immediately shipped to hundreds of thousands of Afghans facing starvation on the northern plain. It would also allow the U.S. to ship tons...
...bioterrorists who were either linked to the Sept. 11 attacks or merely pretending to be. Military officials faced a Taliban army whose tanks they could blow up but whose will was much harder to degrade. And while the public continued to show great support for the President, each new setback would test that faith. "The American people are going to have to be patient," the President declared Friday, "just like...
...bioterrorists who were either linked to the Sept. 11 attacks or merely pretending to be. Military officials faced a Taliban army whose tanks they could blow up but whose will was much harder to degrade. And while the public continued to show great support for the President, each new setback would test that faith. "The American people are going to have to be patient," the President declared Friday, "just like...
During a routine spring drill, Leiszler tore the ACL in his left knee. As Butler’s story demonstrated, normally such an injury is a temporary setback and only requires surgery and recuperation. But for Leiszler, it was his third such injury in three years. The doctors delivered a grim prognosis and chances are slim that Leiszler will ever play football again...